The Rotary Club of Launceston, Tas, is assisting two community support organisations in Launceston – Li-Ve Tasmania and Multicap Tasmania – providing services to clients in group homes and in their own homes during the COVID-19 emergency. Club Secretary Ross Hart noted that it was difficult for organisations like these...
Farm to plate in Cobar
t’s as pretty as a picture; native grass up to the knees soft enough to roll in, and green as far as the eye can see. After four years of drought, it’s a welcome relief for farmers Ann and John Crossing, who own Glenace, a farm located 58km from Cobar...
Food and Peace under COVID-19
Within a matter of weeks, the COVID-19 health crisis has brought on an economic crisis and rapidly laid bare the underlying inequities and fragilities in the global food system. The World Food Programme has recently warned that the world is facing ‘multiple famines of biblical proportions’ – a ‘hunger pandemic’...
The Rotary Social Impact Network: Maximising the Rotary experience
Officially chartered on May 5, 2020, with a membership of 30 Rotary Alumni, the Rotary Social Impact Network (RSIN) is dedicated to creating positive change within the community and within its members. “Our personalised experience of Rotary is what makes our club innovative and what has brought together community-minded leaders...
Relief boxes for students
The Rotary Club of Brisbane Taylor Bridge, Qld, has developed a new community support program for overseas students studying at our universities and colleges. These students pay full tuition fees as well as rent, travel, food and other necessities, and would normally hold down jobs waiting tables, serving drinks and...
Bread Tags for Wheelchairs
Following a Zoom meeting on April 16, when members of the Rotaract Club of Adelaide University, SA, were joined by Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs founder Jenny Cooper, the club set itself the ambitious goal of collecting 200kg of used bread tags over four months. To put that into perspective,...